Predictive Analysis with SQL Server 2008

Predictive Analysis with SQL Server 2008I've always found predictive analysis and data mining to be interesting and fun. I feel like a child walking through a cave amazed at the disoveries they are finding. So I couldn't wait to play around with the new predictive analysis tools in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. SSAS provides a complete data mining platform that is easy and fun to use. Organizations can use SSAS to infuse insight and prediction into everyday business decisions. The 2007 Office system uses Pervasive delivery through the Data Mining Add-Ins. These tools are a blast to use and will help you uncover knowledge hidden in your data. The comprehensive development environment and extensible range of innovative data mining algorithms combined with the enterprise-level scalability and manageability of SQL Server Analysis Services makes SQL Server 2008 an ideal and easy way to bring the benefits of predictive analysis to your enterprise. The predictive analysis capabilities of MSSQL 2008 makes it easy to incorporate intelligence into reporting, data integration, OLAP analysis, and business performance monitoring. It will help your business drive increased business agility, create a tangible competitive advantage and bottom line, grow revenues. The ability to extend the data mining technologies of SQL Server through custom algorithms and visualizations, together with the ability to embed predictive functionality into line-of-business applications makes SQL Server 2008 a powerful platform for introducing predictive analysis into existing business processes to add insight and recommendations into every operation.